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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incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
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predilectionan established preference for something
scrimmagea minor battle : skirmish
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
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charydiscreetly cautious: such as
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
brusquemarkedly short and abrupt
determinationa judicial decision settling and ending a controversy