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 |
|---|---|
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| plait | pleat |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |