GRE Word List

STREW

to spread by scattering

The meaning of the word strew is to spread by scattering.

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WordMeaning
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
preposterouscontrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd
dysenterya disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection
wrongheadedstubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles
reticentinclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved
disconcertto throw into confusion
depleteto empty of a principal substance
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
ebbthe reflux of the tide toward the sea