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 |
|---|---|
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |