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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| dire | exciting horror |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |