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 |
|---|---|
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |