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 |
|---|---|
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| impuissance | weakness |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| reverie | daydream |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| whimsy | whim |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |