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 |
|---|---|
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| actuary | clerk |
| vendetta | blood feud |