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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |