GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |