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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| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
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| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
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| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |