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 |
|---|---|
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| impenitent | not penitent |