GRE Word List
TANTRUM
a fit of bad temper
The meaning of the word tantrum is a fit of bad temper.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| endue | provide |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| puerile | juvenile |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |