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 |
|---|---|
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| wreak | bring about |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |