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 |
|---|---|
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
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| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |