GRE Word List
PYROMANIAC
a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
The meaning of the word pyromaniac is a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| refrain | curb |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
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| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
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