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 |
|---|---|
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| verge | brink |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
