GRE Word List
QUENCH
put out
The meaning of the word quench is put out.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| querulous | habitually complaining |