GRE Word List
DISQUIETUDE
anxiety
The meaning of the word disquietude is anxiety.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| headlong | headfirst |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |