GRE Word List
PHLEGMATIC
resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm
The meaning of the word phlegmatic is resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |