GRE Word List
CHECK
stop motion; curb or restrain
The meaning of the word check is stop motion; curb or restrain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capitulate | surrender; give up all resistance |
| antagonism | hostility; active opposition; V. antagonize: cause to become an enemy; N. antagonist: person who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in oppostion to the protagonist |
| benign | kindly; favorable; not malignant (disease); Ex. benign tumor |
| debauch | corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol) |
| institutionalize | make into an institution; put or confine in an institution |
| canny | shrewd in money matters; thrifty |
| fortuitous | accidental; by chance; N. fortuity |
| pine | long for; yearn; languish from longing or grief; decline |
| vassal | in feudalism, one who held land of a superior lord; subordinate or dependent |
| artisan | a manually skilled worker |