GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |