GRE Word List
IRASCIBLE
marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger
The meaning of the word irascible is marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| hubbub | noise |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |