GRE Word List
INCINERATE
to cause to burn to ashes
The meaning of the word incinerate is to cause to burn to ashes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |