GRE Word List
SERENITY
the quality or state of being serene
The meaning of the word serenity is the quality or state of being serene.
Random words
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| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |