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 |
|---|---|
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| lewd | obscene |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| apprehend | arrest |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |