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 |
|---|---|
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| quarry | game |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| auroral | dawn |
| gust | the sensation of taste |