GRE Word List
STANDSTILL
a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop
The meaning of the word standstill is a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |