GRE Word List

QUENCH

put out

The meaning of the word quench is put out.

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downcastlow in spirit : dejected
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
smatteringsuperficial piecemeal knowledge
amnesialoss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
nethersituated down or below : lower
carpingmarked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism
tossto throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk
disproportionlack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity