GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| encompass | include |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| sophist | philosopher |