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 |
|---|---|
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |