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 |
|---|---|
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |