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 |
|---|---|
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| venue | locale |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| leave-taking | departure |