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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| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| mystic | mystical |