GRE Word List
INCENSE
enrage; infuriate(make furious); make extremely angry; outrage; N: aromatic substance burned to produce a pleasant odor
The meaning of the word incense is enrage; infuriate(make furious); make extremely angry; outrage; N: aromatic substance burned to produce a pleasant odor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insularity | narrow-mindedness; isolation; ADJ. insular: of an island; isolated; narrow-minded; CF. peninsula |
| maneuver | strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; V: carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end |
| dainty | delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress |
| snicker | half-stifled(suppressed) laugh; V. |
| magistrate | official with power to administer the law |
| scholarly | full of learning; erudite; like a scholar; Ex. scholarly journal |
| chuckle | laugh quietly |
| ebb | (of the tide) recede; lessen; diminish; N. OP. flow: rise of tide |
| evoke | call forth (memory or feeling); Ex. That old film evoked memories of my childhood; N. evocation |
| materialism | preoccupation with physical comforts and things; excessive regard for worldly concerns (rather than spiritual matters) |