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 |
|---|---|
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| actuary | clerk |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |