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.
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| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
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