GRE Word List

CONFLAGRATION

fire

The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.

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numismatistthe study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals)
bureaucracya body of nonelected government officials
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
parcheddeprived of natural moisture
enterprisingmarked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
wantonmerciless
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined
flusterto put into a state of agitated confusion : upset