GRE Word List
TACITURN
temperamentally disinclined to talk
The meaning of the word taciturn is temperamentally disinclined to talk.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| exploit | deed |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| 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) |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |