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 |
|---|---|
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |