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 |
|---|---|
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| rift | fissure |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |