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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|---|---|
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| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
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| hirsute | hairy |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |