GRE Word List
STOKE
to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel
The meaning of the word stoke is to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |