GRE Word List
PEEVISH
querulous in temperament or mood : fretful
The meaning of the word peevish is querulous in temperament or mood : fretful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| hubbub | noise |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| imbue | endow |