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
loutto bow in respect
trampletramp
degradationthe act or process of degrading
resentmenta feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury
facadethe front of a building
derelictionan intentional abandonment
piquantengagingly provocative
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
parablea usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle
jumbleto move in a confused or disordered manner