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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mimean ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner
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tessellatedhaving a checkered appearance
iridescenthaving or exhibiting iridescence
continencethe ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
furrowa trench in the earth made by a plow
tumidmarked by swelling : swollen
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
exudeto ooze out