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 |
|---|---|
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| reverie | daydream |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| growl | rumble |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |