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 |
|---|---|
| attentive | mindful |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| inequity | injustice |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |