GRE Word List
IGNITE
to set afire
The meaning of the word ignite is to set afire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| prong | fork |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |