GRE Word List
QUENCH
put out
The meaning of the word quench is put out.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| viand | an item of food |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |