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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flickerto move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter
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distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
resourcefulable to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
vendettablood feud
prunea plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation
coupa 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
extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring