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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |