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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haggardnot tamed
precisa concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts
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figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
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verbiagea profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
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ripto tear or split apart or open