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 |
|---|---|
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |