GRE Word List
BOOST
lift by pushing up from below; increase; raise; N: push upward; increase
The meaning of the word boost is lift by pushing up from below; increase; raise; N: push upward; increase.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissipate | squander; waste foolishly; scatter |
| nova | star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness |
| shack | crude cabin |
| amputate | cut off part of body; prune (a limb) |
| sustain | suffer (harm or loss); experience; support; prop; maintain; keep in existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex. sustain the family/the trapped miners |
| desultory | aimless; haphazard; digressing at random |
| haggard | wasted away; gaunt; Ex. haggard faces of the rescued miners |
| reticent | inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the reasons; N. reticence |
| bluster | blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale |
| arduous | hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work |
