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 |
|---|---|
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| 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 |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |