GRE Word List
TEMPERAMENT
characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response
The meaning of the word temperament is characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |