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 |
|---|---|
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| ebullient | boiling |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |