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 |
|---|---|
| brawny | muscular |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |