GRE Word List
SCABBARD
a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet
The meaning of the word scabbard is a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| wry | twist |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |