GRE Word List
TACITURN
temperamentally disinclined to talk
The meaning of the word taciturn is temperamentally disinclined to talk.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |