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 |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| attentive | mindful |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |