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 |
|---|---|
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| egregious | conspicuous |