GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| whittle | a large knife |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |