GRE Word List
SCOURGE
whip
The meaning of the word scourge is whip.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| mendicant | beggar |
| impinge | encroach |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |