GRE Word List
PEEVISH
querulous in temperament or mood : fretful
The meaning of the word peevish is querulous in temperament or mood : fretful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impediment | something that impedes |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| whittle | a large knife |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| potentate | ruler |