GRE Word List
STANCH
stop or check flow of blood; Ex. stanch the gushing wound
The meaning of the word stanch is stop or check flow of blood; Ex. stanch the gushing wound.
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conscript | draftee; person forced into military service; V. |
defeatist | resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism |
benevolent | generous; charitable; having a wish to do good |
diffuse | wordy; verbose; rambling; spread out (like a gas); V: spread out in all directions; disperse; N. diffusion; CF. suffuse |
reticent | inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the reasons; N. reticence |
abate | subside or moderate |
insularity | narrow-mindedness; isolation; ADJ. insular: of an island; isolated; narrow-minded; CF. peninsula |
dowry | money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage |
cull | pick out from others (to kill the weakest members); reject; select; collect (information); N. |
decoy | lure or bait; V. |