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 |
|---|---|
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| privy | private |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |