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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WordMeaning
ablutionthe washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite)
mashto reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
indolentaverse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy
disfigureto impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
dulltedious
stultifyto have a dulling or inhibiting effect on
defrockto deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office
derelictionan intentional abandonment
precipicea very steep or overhanging place