GRE Word List
SCOURGE
whip
The meaning of the word scourge is whip.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| render | to melt down |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| ponderous | of very great weight |