GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retrench | cut down |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |