GRE Word List
IGNITE
to set afire
The meaning of the word ignite is to set afire.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
immune | not susceptible or responsive |
asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |