GRE Word List
BOOST
to push or shove up from below
The meaning of the word boost is to push or shove up from below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| exegesis | exposition |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |