GRE Word List
STINT
a period of time spent at a particular activity
The meaning of the word stint is a period of time spent at a particular activity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |