GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| writ | something written : writing |
| growl | rumble |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |