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 |
|---|---|
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
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