GRE Word List
TEMPER
heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
The meaning of the word temper is heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |