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 |
|---|---|
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| overthrow | overturn |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |