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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redoubtablecausing fear or alarm : formidable
earnto receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered
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crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
kneelto position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
oratorone who delivers an oration