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 |
|---|---|
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |