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 |
|---|---|
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |