GRE Word List
CANTANKEROUS
difficult or irritating to deal with
The meaning of the word cantankerous is difficult or irritating to deal with.
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|---|---|
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
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| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| reckon | count |