GRE Word List

SCOURGE

whip

The meaning of the word scourge is whip.

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WordMeaning
prepossessingcreating prejudice
optometrista specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
inveighto protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail
innocuousproducing no injury : harmless
havocwide and general destruction : devastation
soliloquythe act of talking to oneself
sagaciousof keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning
allegeto assert without proof or before proving
evanescenttending to vanish like vapor