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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WordMeaning
daintysomething delicious to the taste
attentivemindful
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
raila bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
ingenuea naive girl or young woman
trancestupor
dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water
disparageto depreciate (see depreciate
quandarya state of perplexity or doubt