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 |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |