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 |
|---|---|
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| application | an act of applying: |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |