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 |
|---|---|
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |