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 |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| diadem | crown |