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 |
|---|---|
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |