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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |