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 |
|---|---|
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| leery | suspicious |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |