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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WordMeaning
alloythe degree of mixture with base metals : fineness
taxonomistthe study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics
rescindto take away : remove
magnitudegreat size or extent
imbecilitythe quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness
horticulturalthe science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
communetalk over
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
consistencyagreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence