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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| outmoded | not being in style |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| peerless | matchless |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |