GRE Word List
STANCH
to check or stop the flowing of
The meaning of the word stanch is to check or stop the flowing of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| consort | associate |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| leave-taking | departure |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |