GRE Word List
QUENCH
put out
The meaning of the word quench is put out.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |