GRE Word List
SCOURGE
whip
The meaning of the word scourge is whip.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |