GRE Word List
BOON
a timely benefit : blessing
The meaning of the word boon is a timely benefit : blessing.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
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| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
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| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |