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 |
|---|---|
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| dour | stern |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |