GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| scotch | scottish |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |