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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proclivityan inclination or predisposition toward something
atrocitya shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation
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apoplexystroke
climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax