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 |
|---|---|
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| defalcate | deduct |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |