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 |
|---|---|
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |