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 |
|---|---|
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| portly | dignified |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| abnegation | denial |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |