GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |