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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| unkempt | not combed |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |