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 |
|---|---|
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| demise | death |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |