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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impuissanceweakness
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fruitfulyielding or producing fruit
blithelacking due thought or consideration : casual
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
solicitousmanifesting or expressing solicitude
implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
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imperviousnot allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable