GRE Word List

SCOURGE

whip

The meaning of the word scourge is whip.

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WordMeaning
demeritoffense
prurientmarked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire
indictto charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law
sledgesledgehammer
myopicaffected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted
yeomanan attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
sagaa prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
finishedentirely done
hibernalof, relating to, or occurring in winter
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language