GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| harass | exhaust |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |