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 |
|---|---|
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
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| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
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