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 |
|---|---|
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| schism | division |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |