GRE Word List
SHREW
any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur
The meaning of the word shrew is any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| actuary | clerk |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |