GRE Word List
DISQUIETUDE
anxiety
The meaning of the word disquietude is anxiety.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| 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 |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |