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 |
|---|---|
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |