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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |