GRE Word List
STENCH
stink
The meaning of the word stench is stink.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |