Clip Art   Printable Version Pronunciation: in-sen-di-e-ri Hear
it!  Part of Speech: Adjective  Meaning: 1. Capable of igniting
or igniting something else, related to fire or conflagration. 2.
Related to or having to do with arson. 3. Highly provocative,
inflammatory, capable of inciting a person or group to radical
action.  Notes: Today's word is an adjective, but an adjective
that is often used as a noun. As a noun it refers to either an
arsonist or a person who inflames others to actions they would
otherwise not participate in, as Leon Trotsky was a
revolutionary incendiary. The practice of either type of
incendiary is incendiarism, because they tend to incendiarize
buildings or crowds.  In Play: Explosives that ignite fires are
called incendiary devices but we may also use this word
metaphorically as a synonym of inflammatory: I can light a fire
under you!"Reverend Wright did not realize that his remarks were
so incendiary until the US press injected them into the
presidential campaign." The only alternat