GRE Word List
SCALE
an instrument or machine for weighing
The meaning of the word scale is an instrument or machine for weighing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |