GRE Word List
STAMINA
the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance
The meaning of the word stamina is the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| flighty | swift |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |