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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| lumber | to move ponderously |