GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| paltry | inferior |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |