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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| rift | fissure |