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 |
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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 |