Vocab Lesson 11
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- Conflagration
- A large and destructive fire
- Flagrant
- Shockingly evident; outragously conspicuous
- Caustic
- 1) Able to burn or eat away by chemical action 2) Sarcastic; marked by a biting wit
- Fervid
- Full of intense passion or zeal
- Effervescent
- 1) Bubbling up from a liquid 2) Very excited; bubbling over with high spirits
- Pyre
- A pile of wood, etc., for burning a corpse as part of a funeral rite; any pile of combustible materials
- Pyrotechnics
- 1) A display of fireworks. 2) A spectacular display of virtuosity in music, writing, wit, or other accomplishment.
- Scintilla
- A very small amount; a bit
- Pyromania
- A Compulsion to set things on fire
- Incense
- To infuriate; To enrage
- Cauterize
- To burn with a hot iron or a chemical to destroy abnormal tissue and/or to stop infection and/or bleeding
- Flamboyant
- Colored or decorated in a showy way; having a showy appearance or manner
- Incendiary
- 1) Designed or intended to cause a fire. 2) Tending to stir up strife
- Scintillate
- 1) To give off sparks; to flash; to sparkle. 2) To be animated or brilliant
- Inflammatory
- 1) Arousing strong emotion, especially anger or hostility 2) Pertaining to redness, swelling, or pain following an infection or injury