GRE Word List

SCOURGE

whip

The meaning of the word scourge is whip.

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WordMeaning
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
cantthe expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments
sophomoricconceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
satiricalof, relating to, or constituting satire
jabberto talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly
preponderancea superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength
censoriousmarked by or given to censure (see censure
meteoricof or relating to a meteor