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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |