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 |
|---|---|
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |