GRE Word List

CONFLAGRATION

fire

The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.

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compatiblecapable of existing together in harmony
coddleto cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point
paranoiamental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
disjunctiona sharp cleavage : disunion
scavengeto remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
catharticof, relating to, or producing catharsis
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand