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

WordMeaning
compassionsympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
harassexhaust
grapplethe act or an instance of grappling
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
metersystematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm
presumptuousoverstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties
dissembleto hide under a false appearance
orientto direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group
littera covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger
convertto bring over from one belief, view, or party to another