GRE Word List
SERENITY
calmness; placidity; ADJ. serene
The meaning of the word serenity is calmness; placidity; ADJ. serene.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| negligence | neglect; failure to take reasonable care; ADJ. negligent: neglectful; lax; not taking enough care |
| tensile | capable of being stretched; of tension; Ex. tensile rubber |
| quadruped | four-footed animal; ADJ. CF. biped |
| malleable | (of a metal) capable of being shaped by pounding(beating); pliable; (of someone) impressionable(easily influenced); easily controlled; tractable |
| presumptuous | going beyond what is right; excessively forward; arrogant; taking liberties |
| subtlety | perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy; ADJ. subtle: delicate; so slight as to be difficult to detect; able to make fine distinctions; clever; Ex. subtle mind/differences in meaning |
| baleful | evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look |
| forswear | renounce under oath; abandon; make a solemn promise to give up; CF. abjure |
| expurgate | clean; remove offensive parts of a book |
| evasive | not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit |