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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WordMeaning
factiona party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique
infinitesimalimmeasurably or incalculably small
putativecommonly accepted or supposed
elusivetending to elude: such as
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
scurriloususing or given to coarse language
centripetalproceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis
stygianof or relating to the river Styx
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
immobilitynot moving : motionless