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 |
|---|---|
| puerile | juvenile |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |