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 |
|---|---|
| stringent | tight |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| foppish | foolish |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| inundate | overwhelm |