GRE Word List

BOON

a timely benefit : blessing

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

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truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
cowerto shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
solitudethe quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion
climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax
mingleto bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix
succulentfull of juice : juicy
igneousformed by solidification of magma
ravagean act or practice of ravaging
diligencesteady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity