GRE Word List
CONFLAGRATION
fire
The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |