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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |