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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| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
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| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| pugilist | fighter |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |