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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criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
multiform | having many forms or appearances |
vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
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