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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| congruent | congruous |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| slew | a large number |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| impoverish | to make poor |