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 |
|---|---|
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |