GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| imbue | endow |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| lampoon | satire |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |