GRE Word List
MUTED
being mute : silent
The meaning of the word muted is being mute : silent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |