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 |
|---|---|
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| acclaim | applaud |