GRE Word List

TACITURN

temperamentally disinclined to talk

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

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archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
stunto make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
gushto issue copiously or violently
cognitiveof, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)
hullthe outer covering of a fruit or seed
recessionthe act or action of receding : withdrawal
cognateof the same or similar nature : generically alike
suspendto debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function