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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unilateraldone or undertaken by one person or party
choiran organized company of singers (as in a church service)
evinceto constitute outward evidence of
combustiblecapable of combustion
haphappening
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recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
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