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.

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WordMeaning
mayhemneedless or willful damage or violence
tarantulaany 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-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
maimto mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously
promiscuoushaving or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners
disputatiousinclined to dispute
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
cholericeasily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
meretriciousof or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution