GRE Vocab; words related with fire

1. Arson (n): the deliberate criminal act of setting fire to a house or other buildings.
   Arsonist (n): a person who commits arson
2. Combustible (adj): that can catch fire and burn easily
   Use: all combustible material should be keep in safe containers
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Conflagration (n): a great fire that destroys a lot of property etc.
4. Flammable (adj): easily catching fire; that can burn easily
   Inflammable (adj): that can very easily catch fire and burn
   Nonflammable (adj): not catching fire easily
5. Flint (n): a very hard grey stone that can produce a spark of fire when struck against steel.
   Use: the layer of rock contains a lot of flint.
        : prehistoric flint tools
6. Ignite (v): to start of burn or make something start to burn
   Use: petrol ignites very easily
7. Incendiary (adj): designed to set buildings, etc on fire
   Use: an incendiary bomb/ device/ attack
   Incendiary (n): a bomb that causes a fire
8. Inferno (n): a large dangerous fire that is out of control
   Use: within minutes the shop was a blazing/ raging/ roaring inferno
   Smolder (v): to burn slowly without flame
9. Use: a cigarette smoldering in the ashtray
        : she smoldered with jealousy
        : smoldering heart (Nepali: Mutu Jali Rahe6)
10. Pyromania (n): a mental illness that causes a strong desire to set fire to things
    use: he is suffering from Pyromania
    Pyromanic (n): a person who suffers from pyromania
11. Pyre(n): a large pile of wood for burning a dead body as part of a funeral ceremony
    Use: a funeral pyre
12. Pall (n): a cloth spread over a coffin
               : a dark or heavy covering
    Use: a pall of smoke hung over the town