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 |
|---|---|
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| eventual | contingent |