GRE Word List
SEDATE
keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled
The meaning of the word sedate is keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| overthrow | overturn |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |