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 |
|---|---|
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| disport | sport |
| dominate | rule |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |