GRE Word List
STOLID
having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional
The meaning of the word stolid is having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |