GRE Word List
SOLITUDE
the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion
The meaning of the word solitude is the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |