GRE Word List

CONFLAGRATION

fire

The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.

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WordMeaning
enticeto attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt
myriadten thousand
argotthe language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
cannyclever
pugnacityhaving a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
presagesomething that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
demisedeath
crossa structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution
riddlea mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum