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 |
|---|---|
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |