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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| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
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| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |