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 |
|---|---|
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |