GRE Word List
HOTHEAD
person who does things too quickly without thinking; ADJ. hotheaded
The meaning of the word hothead is person who does things too quickly without thinking; ADJ. hotheaded.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| luscious | pleasing to taste or smell; delicious |
| indigence | poverty |
| decadence | decay; fall to a lower level (of morality, civilization, or art); ADJ. decadent |
| ineffable | unutterable; not to be uttered; taboo; that cannot be expressed in speech; indescribable; unspeakable; inexpressible; Ex. ineffable name/joy |
| affluence | abundance; wealth |
| haggard | wasted away; gaunt; Ex. haggard faces of the rescued miners |
| excerpt | selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work; V. |
| mnemonic | pertaining to memory; assisting the memory; N: device, such as as formula or rhyme, used as a mnemonic aid |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed; provisional; experimental; uncertain; hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex. tentative agreement/reply |
| rebuff | reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She rebuffed his invitation; N. |
