GRE Word List
SCOURGE
whip
The meaning of the word scourge is whip.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |