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 |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |