GRE Word List
QUENCH
assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse or extinguish; put out; suppress
The meaning of the word quench is assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse or extinguish; put out; suppress.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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whimsical | capricious; fanciful; amusingly strange |
prestige | respect or admiration; impression produced by achievements or reputation; ADJ: causing admiration; ADJ. prestigious: having prestige |
meticulous | excessively careful (with great attention to detail); painstaking; scrupulous |
implacable | incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease; Ex. implacable enemy |
kleptomaniac | person who has a compulsive desire to steal |
unilateral | one-sided; involving or affecting only one side; Ex. unilateral declaration |
distract | take (one's attention) off something; upset emotionally; make anxious; ADJ. distracted |
loft | room or space under the roof; attic |
molt | periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth) |
somatic | pertaining to the body; bodily; physical |