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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| hirsute | hairy |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |