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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |