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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| sleek | slick |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| paradigm | example |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |