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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| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
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