GRE Word List
STREW
to spread by scattering
The meaning of the word strew is to spread by scattering.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| shambles | a meat market |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |