GRE Word List
KINDLE
to start (a fire) burning : light
The meaning of the word kindle is to start (a fire) burning : light.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| actuary | clerk |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |