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 |
|---|---|
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| hallowed | holy |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |