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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|---|---|
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| reckon | count |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| viable | capable of living |