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 |
|---|---|
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |