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 |
|---|---|
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| overweening | arrogant |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |