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 |
|---|---|
| expound | to set forth : state |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| seemly | good-looking |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |