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 |
|---|---|
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |