GRE Word List

SCAFFOLD

a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground

The meaning of the word scaffold is a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground.

Random words

WordMeaning
contrivancea thing contrived
contrabandillegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
hedonista person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism
fallaciousembodying a fallacy
cursoryrapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty
importunatetroublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand
intersticea space that intervenes between things
repelto drive back : repulse
disparageto depreciate (see depreciate
constraintthe act of constraining