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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| beleaguer | besiege |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
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| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |