TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 24-Feb-13
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 24-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists scourge [ skurj ] [ noun, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (n.) a whip or a lash 2. (n.) a person who administers punishment or severe criticism 3. (n.) a cause of calamity or affliction 4. (tr. v.) to punish by whipping 5.(tr. v.) to chastise or criticize severely USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : Anyone caught stealing would be administered twelve strokes of the scourge in the market square. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : He was elected as a nationalist reformer, the scourge of the landowning classes. The Telegraph, Hot on the heels of Imelda Marcos, Nick Meo, 2 May 2010. precipitant [ pri-SIP-i-tuh'nt ] ...