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 |
|---|---|
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| hubbub | noise |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |