GRE Word List
RILE
to make agitated and angry : upset
The meaning of the word rile is to make agitated and angry : upset.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |