GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forebears | ancestor |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |