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 |
|---|---|
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| shambles | a meat market |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |