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 |
|---|---|
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |