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 |
|---|---|
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |