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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| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
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| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| overthrow | overturn |