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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| unkempt | not combed |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |