GRE Word List

CONFLAGRATION

fire

The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.

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euthanasiathe act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
ordainto invest (see invest
contagiona contagious disease
regaleto entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
umbragea feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult
ruffiana brutal person : bully
bridlethe headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
kineticof or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith