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 |
|---|---|
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| hortatory | hortative |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| concentric | having a common center |