GRE Word List
SCOURGE
whip
The meaning of the word scourge is whip.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nexus | connection |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |