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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doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
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clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
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