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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| apoplexy | stroke |