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 |
|---|---|
| courier | messenger |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |