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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WordMeaning
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
asunderinto parts
impoverishto make poor
divergeto move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart
protuberancesomething that is protuberant
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
rococorococo work or style
palatethe roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate
decelerateto reduce the speed of : slow down