GRE Word List
SMOLDER
to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke
The meaning of the word smolder is to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| overweening | arrogant |