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 |
|---|---|
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |