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 |
|---|---|
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |