GRE Word List
SHEAF
a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
The meaning of the word sheaf is a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together.
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| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| drab | slattern |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |