GRE Word List
SCAVENGE
to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area
The meaning of the word scavenge is to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |