GRE Word List
STRINGENT
tight
The meaning of the word stringent is tight.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paradigm | example |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| fiend | devil |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| clime | climate |