GRE Word List
INCENDIARY
igniting combustible materials spontaneously
The meaning of the word incendiary is igniting combustible materials spontaneously.
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|---|---|
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| alleviate | relieve |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |