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 |
|---|---|
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| invalid | not valid: |
| laud | praise |
| congenial | pleasant |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |