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 |
|---|---|
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |