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 |
|---|---|
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| lunar | crescent |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |