GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |