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 |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |