GRE Word List
FOMENT
to promote the growth or development of : rouse
The meaning of the word foment is to promote the growth or development of : rouse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| edifice | building |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |