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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|---|---|
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| fell | skin |
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| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| whimsy | whim |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |