GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| categorical | absolute |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |