GRE Word List
IDIOSYNCRASY
a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality
The meaning of the word idiosyncrasy is a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| fiend | devil |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |