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 |
|---|---|
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| privy | private |
| perforate | to make a hole through |