GRE Word List
CURMUDGEON
a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
The meaning of the word curmudgeon is a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |