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 |
|---|---|
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |