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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| overweening | arrogant |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| boor | peasant |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |