GRE Word List
PROMOTE
to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise
The meaning of the word promote is to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |