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 |
|---|---|
| provident | frugal |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |