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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WordMeaning
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
maleficentworking or productive of harm or evil : baleful
arablefit for or used for the growing of crops
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
plauditan act or round of applause
resolveto deal with successfully : clear up
acrophobiaabnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights
impenitentnot penitent