GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| pilfer | steal |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |