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 |
|---|---|
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |