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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padre | a Christian clergyman |
outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
crescendo | a gradual increase |
talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |