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 |
|---|---|
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| calorific | caloric |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| brazen | made of brass |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |