GRE Word List
SCOURGE
whip
The meaning of the word scourge is whip.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |