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 |
|---|---|
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |