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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incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
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imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
haggard | not tamed |
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abortive | prematurely born |
dire | exciting horror |