GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |