GRE Word List
TACITURN
temperamentally disinclined to talk
The meaning of the word taciturn is temperamentally disinclined to talk.
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| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |