GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |