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 |
|---|---|
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| unkempt | not combed |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |