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 |
|---|---|
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| dull | tedious |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |