GRE Word List
CANTANKEROUS
difficult or irritating to deal with
The meaning of the word cantankerous is difficult or irritating to deal with.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| docile | easily taught |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| decipher | decode |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |