GRE Word List
IGNITE
to set afire
The meaning of the word ignite is to set afire.
Random words
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voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |