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 |
|---|---|
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |