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 |
|---|---|
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| ensconce | shelter |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |