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 |
|---|---|
| privy | private |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| viand | an item of food |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |