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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intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
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pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
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exclaimto cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion
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