GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |