GRE Word List
TACITURN
temperamentally disinclined to talk
The meaning of the word taciturn is temperamentally disinclined to talk.
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| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| debonair | suave |