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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|---|---|
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
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| microcosm | a little world |
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| incarcerate | to put in prison |
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| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
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| medium | something in a middle position |