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serenity

nounCommon GRE wordMore S words

the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled

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Serenity in a sentence

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The monastery's serenity was hard-won, the product of a schedule that left no hour unaccounted for.

Synonyms
tranquilitycomposureplacidity
Antonyms
turmoilagitationanxiety

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Serenity (noun) means the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled
Here is serenity used in an example sentence: "The monastery's serenity was hard-won, the product of a schedule that left no hour unaccounted for."
Common synonyms for serenity include tranquility, composure, placidity.
Antonyms of serenity include turmoil, agitation, anxiety.
Serenity is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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