GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| writ | something written : writing |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |