GRE Word List

CONFLAGRATION

fire

The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.

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abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
smotherto kill by depriving of air
lubricateto make smooth or slippery
demoticof, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing
serpentineof or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)
dissentto withhold assent or approval
personifyto conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers
compriseto be made up of
florescencea state or period of flourishing
polygamistmarriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry