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 |
|---|---|
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| demur | to take exception : object |