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
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nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
conciliatoryintended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate
buccaneerany of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies
incoherentlacking coherence: such as
ironicrelating to, containing, or constituting irony
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth