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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oatmealmeal made from oats
corrosivetending or having the power to corrode
grovelto creep with the face to the ground : crawl
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
acousticsa science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound
claspa device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
practicablecapable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible
aboriginalbeing the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region
tentativenot fully worked out or developed