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 |
|---|---|
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |