GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |