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 |
|---|---|
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |