GRE Word List

SCOURGE

whip

The meaning of the word scourge is whip.

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WordMeaning
egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
rigto fit out with rigging
eclipsethe total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
zealota zealous person
porouspossessing or full of pores
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
misanthropea person who hates or distrusts humankind
impertinentgiven to or characterized by insolent rudeness
pass_offpresent falsely; represent falsely to be
jetsamthe part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore