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 |
|---|---|
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| dissension | disagreement |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| distend | extend |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |