GRE Word List
TACITURN
temperamentally disinclined to talk
The meaning of the word taciturn is temperamentally disinclined to talk.
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|---|---|
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| inequity | injustice |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |