GRE Word List
INCENDIARY
igniting combustible materials spontaneously
The meaning of the word incendiary is igniting combustible materials spontaneously.
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| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |