GRE Word List
CONFLAGRATION
fire
The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| euthanasia | the 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 |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |