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 |
|---|---|
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| plait | pleat |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| dissension | disagreement |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |