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 |
|---|---|
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| stilted | pompous |