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 |
|---|---|
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |