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 |
|---|---|
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |