GRE Word List
EWE
the female of the sheep especially when mature
The meaning of the word ewe is the female of the sheep especially when mature.
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|---|---|
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |