GRE Word List
CONFLAGRATION
fire
The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |