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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impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
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superimposeto place or lay over or above something
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