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 |
|---|---|
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |