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 |
|---|---|
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |