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 |
|---|---|
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |