GRE Word List
STREW
to spread by scattering
The meaning of the word strew is to spread by scattering.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |