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 |
|---|---|
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| throes | pang |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |