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.

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purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
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absolveto set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt
unisonidentity in musical pitch
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odiousarousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful
chantto make melodic sounds with the voice
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