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 |
|---|---|
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |