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
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irremediable | not remediable |
ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
disconcert | to throw into confusion |
commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
warranted | sanction |