GRE Word List
SCOURGE
whip
The meaning of the word scourge is whip.
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| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |