GRE Word List
SCURVY
a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes
The meaning of the word scurvy is a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |