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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| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
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| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
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| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
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