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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|---|---|
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
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| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |