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 |
|---|---|
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| drivel | nonsense |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |