GRE Word List
IGNITE
to set afire
The meaning of the word ignite is to set afire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |