GRE Word List
FIREBRAND
a piece of burning wood
The meaning of the word firebrand is a piece of burning wood.
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philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
sparse | of few and scattered elements |
importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |