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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assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
gildto overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
immolateto kill or destroy especially by fire
generateto bring into existence: such as
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection
morosehaving a sullen and gloomy disposition
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
deliriuman acute (see acute
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
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