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 |
|---|---|
| finery | ornament |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| snivel | to run at the nose |