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 |
|---|---|
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |