GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |