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 |
|---|---|
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| replicate | duplicate |