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 |
|---|---|
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| pugilist | fighter |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |