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 |
|---|---|
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| wont | accustomed |
| lax | loose |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |