GRE Word List
CONFLAGRATION
fire
The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.
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| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| nexus | connection |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
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| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |