GRE Word List
CONFLAGRATION
fire
The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |