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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
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| untenable | not able to be defended |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
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| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |