GRE Word List
SCOURGE
whip
The meaning of the word scourge is whip.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |