GRE Word List

QUIETUDE

a quiet state : repose

The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.

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WordMeaning
assailto attack violently : assault
decelerateto reduce the speed of : slow down
prizesomething offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance
coagulateto cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle
desperadoa bold or violent criminal
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
exodusthe mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table
conglomeratemade up of parts from various sources or of various kinds
cringeto recoil in distaste
calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering