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 |
|---|---|
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |