GRE Word List
STRINGENT
tight
The meaning of the word stringent is tight.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| 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 |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| modish | fashionable |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |