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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WordMeaning
emancipateto free from restraint, control, or the power of another
paradigmexample
extenuateto lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate
ebullientboiling
floefloating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water
resuscitateto revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness
confluencea coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point
temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
ambushto attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay