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 |
|---|---|
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| resign | relegate |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| microcosm | a little world |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |