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 |
|---|---|
| tome | book |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |