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 |
|---|---|
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| distend | extend |
| warrant | sanction |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |