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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |