GRE Word List

SCOURGE

whip

The meaning of the word scourge is whip.

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WordMeaning
puckerto become wrinkled or constricted
appreciateto grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of
percussionthe act of percussing: such as
relican object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr
shangri-laa remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
persevereto persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
potenthaving or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful