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 |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| welter | writhe |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |