GRE Word List
IGNITE
to set afire
The meaning of the word ignite is to set afire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| cryptic | secret |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| resign | relegate |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |