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 |
|---|---|
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |