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 |
|---|---|
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |