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 |
|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| occident | west |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| charlatan | quack |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |