GRE Word List

TRUCULENCE

the quality or state of being truculent

The meaning of the word truculence is the quality or state of being truculent.

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WordMeaning
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
exhaleto rise or be given off as vapor
diurnalactive chiefly in the daytime
graduatedmarked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement
salineconsisting of or containing salt
infiltrateto enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
habituateto make used to something : accustom