GRE Word List
GROUCH
a fit of bad temper
The meaning of the word grouch is a fit of bad temper.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |