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 |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |