GRE Word List
CONFLAGRATION
fire
The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |