GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |