GRE Word List
IRATE
roused to ire
The meaning of the word irate is roused to ire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| desperate | having lost hope |