GRE Word List
TACITURN
temperamentally disinclined to talk
The meaning of the word taciturn is temperamentally disinclined to talk.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| reverie | daydream |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| dart | a light spear |
| 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 |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |