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 |
|---|---|
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |