GRE Word List
REPOSE
a state of resting after exertion or strain
The meaning of the word repose is a state of resting after exertion or strain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |