GRE Word List
FIREBRAND
a piece of burning wood
The meaning of the word firebrand is a piece of burning wood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| executioner | one who executes |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| polity | political organization |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |