GRE Word List
TOUCHY
marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation
The meaning of the word touchy is marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |