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 |
|---|---|
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| aseptic | preventing infection |