GRE Word List
QUENCH
put out
The meaning of the word quench is put out.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| etymology | the 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 |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |