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 |
|---|---|
| primal | original |
| natal | native |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| vertex | the top of the head |