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 |
|---|---|
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |