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 |
|---|---|
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |