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 |
|---|---|
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| laud | praise |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |