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 |
|---|---|
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |