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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |