GRE Word List
SCHEME
a plan or program of action
The meaning of the word scheme is a plan or program of action.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| pugilist | fighter |