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 |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| billow | wave |
| mortician | undertaker |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |