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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| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| pugilist | fighter |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
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| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |