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 |
|---|---|
| defer | put off |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |