GRE Word List
CONFLAGRATION
fire
The meaning of the word conflagration is fire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |