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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qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
poreto gaze intently
supererogatoryobserved or performed to an extent not enjoined or required
ascertainto find out or learn with certainty
quietudea quiet state : repose
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
vilemorally despicable or abhorrent
titterto laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle
hybridan offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera
fetishan object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner