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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| plait | pleat |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |