GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| spoof | deceive |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |