GRE Word List
QUIETUDE
a quiet state : repose
The meaning of the word quietude is a quiet state : repose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |