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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grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
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