GRE Word List
INCENSE
material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned
The meaning of the word incense is material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precipitant | precipitate |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| finished | entirely done |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |