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 |
|---|---|
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| concordat | compact |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |