GRE Word List
STENCH
stink
The meaning of the word stench is stink.
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| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |