GRE Word List

BOON

a timely benefit : blessing

The meaning of the word boon is a timely benefit : blessing.

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defrockto deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
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mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
treatisea systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
robusthaving or exhibiting strength or vigorous health
enduringlasting
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