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.

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WordMeaning
suspendto debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function
abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
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flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
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jubilationan act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant
maritimeof, relating to, or bordering on the sea
precipicea very steep or overhanging place