GRE Word List
QUIESCENT
marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest
The meaning of the word quiescent is marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| prattle | prate |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |