GRE Word List

QUENCH

put out

The meaning of the word quench is put out.

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sonneta fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme
adaptto make fit (as for a new use) often by modification
dissuadeto advise (a person) against something
slothdisinclination to action or labor : indolence
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
headfirstwith the head foremost
portendto give an omen or anticipatory sign of
vigilantalertly watchful especially to avoid danger
meteoricof or relating to a meteor
pedantone who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge