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 |
|---|---|
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| crass | gross |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |