GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |