GRE Word List
QUENCH
put out
The meaning of the word quench is put out.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |