GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| hirsute | hairy |
| decipher | decode |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| recast | to cast again |