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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |