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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
