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 |
|---|---|
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |