GRE Word List

QUIETUDE

a quiet state : repose

The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.

Random words

WordMeaning
improviseto compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously
luminarya person of prominence or brilliant achievement
anthologya collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music
aureolea radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage
shystera person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger
curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
accoladea mark of acknowledgment : award
lecheryinordinate (see inordinate