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 |
|---|---|
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| delve | excavate |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| sleek | slick |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |