GRE Word List

TACITURN

temperamentally disinclined to talk

The meaning of the word taciturn is temperamentally disinclined to talk.

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defectionconscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
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discrepancythe quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance
forteone's strong point
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