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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |