GRE Word List
TACITURN
temperamentally disinclined to talk
The meaning of the word taciturn is temperamentally disinclined to talk.
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| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| beeline | a straight direct course |