GRE Word List
TRANQUILLITY
the quality or state of being tranquil
The meaning of the word tranquillity is the quality or state of being tranquil.
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| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |