GRE Word List
SCOURGE
whip
The meaning of the word scourge is whip.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |