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 |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| progeny | descendants |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| replicate | duplicate |