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placid

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore P words

calm and peaceful, with little disturbance

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Placid in a sentence

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The placid lake mirrored the mountains without a ripple.

Synonyms
serenetranquiluntroubledcomposed
Antonyms
turbulentagitatedrestless

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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.

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Placid (adjective) means calm and peaceful, with little disturbance
Here is placid used in an example sentence: "The placid lake mirrored the mountains without a ripple."
Common synonyms for placid include serene, tranquil, untroubled, composed.
Antonyms of placid include turbulent, agitated, restless.
Placid is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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