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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WordMeaning
brochurepamphlet
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surveillanceclose watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)
inductto put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install
occludeto close up or block off : obstruct
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congenitalexisting at or dating from birth
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pendingduring
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds