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 |
|---|---|
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |