GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| pine | any 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 |