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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| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
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| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
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| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
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| faculty | ability |