GRE Word List
SCRUPLE
a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table
The meaning of the word scruple is a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| trance | stupor |