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 |
|---|---|
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| trance | stupor |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |