GRE Word List
PLACID
serenely free of interruption or disturbance
The meaning of the word placid is serenely free of interruption or disturbance.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
gullible | easily duped or cheated |
abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
respite | a period of temporary delay |
absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
sober | not intoxicated |
propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |