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 |
|---|---|
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |