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 |
|---|---|
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |