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 |
|---|---|
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| succor | relief |
| eventual | contingent |
| wanton | merciless |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| amity | friendship |
| conceit | favorable opinion |