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 |
|---|---|
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |