GRE Word List
SCOURGE
whip
The meaning of the word scourge is whip.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |