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 |
|---|---|
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| mortician | undertaker |