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 |
|---|---|
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
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| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| fester | to generate pus |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |