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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| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| executor | one who executes something |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |