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 |
|---|---|
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |