GRE Word List
TANTRUM
a fit of bad temper
The meaning of the word tantrum is a fit of bad temper.
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|---|---|
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| significant | having meaning |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
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| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
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