GRE Word List
HEW
to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
The meaning of the word hew is to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| lampoon | satire |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |