GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| dys- | abnormal |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |