GRE Word List
CONFLAGRATION
fire
The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |