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 |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| dingy | dirty |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| appease | pacify |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |