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 |
|---|---|
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |