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 |
|---|---|
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| charlatan | quack |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |