GRE Word List
STAID
marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
The meaning of the word staid is marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| convoluted | having convolutions |