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 |
|---|---|
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |