GRE Word List
CONFLAGRATION
fire
The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.
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| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |