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 |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |