GRE Word List
CONFLAGRATION
fire
The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |