GRE Word List
SCOURGE
lash; whip (formerly used for punishment); source of severe punishment; V: whip; afflict
The meaning of the word scourge is lash; whip (formerly used for punishment); source of severe punishment; V: whip; afflict.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inclement | stormy; unkind; unmerciful; CF. clement |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| arduous | hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work |
| pigment | coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil) |
| frolic | play and jump about happily; frisk; Ex. frolicking young lambs |
| existential | pertaining to existence; pertaining to the philosophy of existentialism |
| proliferate | grow rapidly (in numbers); spread; multiply; N. proliferation |
| graphic | pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described |
| paradigm | model; example that serves as a model; pattern; list of all the inflectional forms of a word |
| inundate | flood; overflow; submerge; cover completely; Ex. inundated with work |
