GRE Word List
RILE
to make agitated and angry : upset
The meaning of the word rile is to make agitated and angry : upset.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |