GRE Word List
STREW
to spread by scattering
The meaning of the word strew is to spread by scattering.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |