GRE Word List
TACITURN
temperamentally disinclined to talk
The meaning of the word taciturn is temperamentally disinclined to talk.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| dominate | rule |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |