GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| rotunda | a round building |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |