GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| concordat | compact |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| leave-taking | departure |