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 |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| impenitent | not penitent |