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 |
|---|---|
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| boor | peasant |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| billow | wave |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |