GRE Word List

QUENCH

put out

The meaning of the word quench is put out.

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WordMeaning
irrefutableimpossible to refute : incontrovertible
forebearsancestor
congenialpleasant
implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
demoticof, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing
suffocateto stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)
larcenythe unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently
chassisthe supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television)
conundruman intricate and difficult problem