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 |
|---|---|
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |