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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incorporateto unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole
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counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
loftan upper room or floor : attic
parablea usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle
sultryvery hot and humid : sweltering
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