GRE Word List
TEMERITY
unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness
The meaning of the word temerity is unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness.
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apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
delirium | an acute (see acute |
desperate | having lost hope |
conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
niggle | trifle |
polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |