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 |
|---|---|
| countenance | look |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| ensconce | shelter |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |