GRE Word List
STRINGENT
tight
The meaning of the word stringent is tight.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
aver | to declare positively |
preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
lugubrious | mournful |