GRE Word List

SCHEME

a plan or program of action

The meaning of the word scheme is a plan or program of action.

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WordMeaning
mustyimpaired by damp or mildew : moldy
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
gorycovered with gore : bloodstained
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
premeditateto think about and revolve in the mind beforehand
glaringhaving a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger
congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent
aegisa shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach