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 |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| nexus | connection |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |