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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concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
machinations | an act of machinating |
infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
lopsided | leaning to one side |