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 |
|---|---|
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |