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 |
|---|---|
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| unique | being the only one : sole |