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 |
|---|---|
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| nourishment | food |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |