GRE Word List
TEMERITY
boldness; nerve; rashness; Ex. temerity to ask for a pay increase after only three day's work
The meaning of the word temerity is boldness; nerve; rashness; Ex. temerity to ask for a pay increase after only three day's work.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enthrall | capture; enslave; captivate; hold the complete attention of (as if magic); hold spellbound |
| cater | provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind) |
| sectarian | of a sect; narrow-minded; parochial; N: member of a sect; narrow-minded person |
| terminal | part that forms the end; railroad or bus station; ADJ. forming an end; ending in death; fatal; Ex. terminal cancer |
| smudge | dirty mark with unclear edges made by rubbing; V. |
| welter | wallow (as in mud or high seas); lie soaked (as in blood); Ex. The victims weltered in their blood. |
| conception | beginning; forming of an idea; fertilization; V. conceive: form an idea in the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF. inception |
| septic | of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction; N. sepsis: poisoning of part of the body (producing pus) |
| righteous | morally upright; just |
| remit | transmit (money) in payment; free someone from a debt or punishment |