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
blotchto mark or mar with blotches
discursivemoving from topic to topic without order : rambling
maritalof or relating to marriage or the married state
obsessivetending to cause obsession
winsomegenerally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence
extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
epitaphan inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice