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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| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| impinge | encroach |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| sere | being dried and withered |