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 |
|---|---|
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
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| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |