GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nutritious | nourishing |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |