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 |
|---|---|
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| shove | to push along |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |