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 |
|---|---|
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| demented | mad |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| writ | something written : writing |
| demerit | offense |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |