GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |