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 |
|---|---|
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| devious | wandering |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |