GRE Word List
DISQUIETUDE
anxiety
The meaning of the word disquietude is anxiety.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| reverberate | reflect |
| prosody | the study of versification |