GRE Word List
INCENDIARY
igniting combustible materials spontaneously
The meaning of the word incendiary is igniting combustible materials spontaneously.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| congruent | congruous |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |