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 |
|---|---|
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| devotee | an ardent follower, supporter, or enthusiast (as of a religion, art form, or sport) |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| recast | to cast again |