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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| conflagration | fire |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| headlong | headfirst |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |