GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| dire | exciting horror |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |