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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secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
lateral | of or relating to the side |