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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somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
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philologythe study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature
polemicalof, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial
deifyto make a god of
terminalleading ultimately to death : fatal
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication
platitudethe quality or state of being dull or insipid
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
accrueto come into existence as a legally enforceable claim