GRE Word List
IGNITE
to set afire
The meaning of the word ignite is to set afire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |