GRE Word List
KINDLE
to start (a fire) burning : light
The meaning of the word kindle is to start (a fire) burning : light.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| rotunda | a round building |
| mandate | an authoritative command |