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 |
|---|---|
| wreak | bring about |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
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| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |