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 |
|---|---|
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| approbation | commendation |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |