GRE Word List
INCINERATE
to cause to burn to ashes
The meaning of the word incinerate is to cause to burn to ashes.
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|---|---|
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
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| garnish | decorate |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |