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 |
|---|---|
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| forebears | ancestor |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |