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 |
|---|---|
| drab | slattern |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |