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 |
|---|---|
| retiring | reserved |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |