GRE Word List
PROMOTE
advance in rank; advance; help to flourish; advocate; help actively in forming; publicize or popularize; Ex. Milk promotes health; Ex. promote a match/bill; Ex. promote a new product
The meaning of the word promote is advance in rank; advance; help to flourish; advocate; help actively in forming; publicize or popularize; Ex. Milk promotes health; Ex. promote a match/bill; Ex. promote a new product.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trinket | knickknack; bauble; cheap jewelry |
| botch | mismanage; blow |
| institute | organization for a special purpose; V: establish |
| rustic | pertaining to country people; unsophisticated; simple; crude; uncouth; (of furniture) rough with the bark left on; N. rural person; rustic person |
| cordon | extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress; (Ÿî±úżĄŒ °Ü”ć¶û čŰÀž·Î °ÉÄĄŽÂ) ÀćœÄ žźș»; V. |
| disputatious | argumentative; fond of argument |
| consanguineous | having a common ancestor |
| rationalize | make rational; devise false reasons for (one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable ones; N. rationalization |
| whet | sharpen; stimulate; Ex. whet someone's appetite |
| simian | monkeylike; N: ape or monkey |
