GRE Word List

PLACID

serenely free of interruption or disturbance

The meaning of the word placid is serenely free of interruption or disturbance.

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WordMeaning
supernumeraryexceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
plumbera dealer or worker in lead
remissionthe act or process of remitting
whimsicalresulting from or characterized by whim or caprice
unkemptnot combed
pitfalltrap
sallowany of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark
projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia