GRE Word List
QUENCH
put out
The meaning of the word quench is put out.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |