GRE Word List

IRATE

roused to ire

The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.

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slackento make less active : slow up
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
ruffiana brutal person : bully
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
pluckto pull or pick off or out
defectionconscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
insolencethe quality or state of being insolent
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pineany of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals