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 |
|---|---|
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |