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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|---|---|
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
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