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 |
|---|---|
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |