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 |
|---|---|
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| invalid | not valid: |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
