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.
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brook | creek |
retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
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enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
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rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
growl | rumble |
rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |