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 |
|---|---|
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |