GRE Word List

SCUTTLE

a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)

The meaning of the word scuttle is a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce).

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proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
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adeptthoroughly proficient : expert
secta dissenting or schismatic religious body
thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
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sibyllineany of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)