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 |
|---|---|
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |