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 |
|---|---|
| provenance | origin |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |