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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |