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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| lampoon | satire |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| microcosm | a little world |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |