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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| Word | Meaning |
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| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| succor | relief |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |