GRE Word List
SLEW
a large number
The meaning of the word slew is a large number.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |