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 |
|---|---|
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |