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 |
|---|---|
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |