GRE Word List
TOUCHY
oversensitive; easily offended; irasible; delicate; needing delicate handling; Ex. touchy situation
The meaning of the word touchy is oversensitive; easily offended; irasible; delicate; needing delicate handling; Ex. touchy situation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nomadic | wandering; N. nomad: tribe who migrates from place to place |
| relevant | having importance; pertinent; referring to the case in hand; N. relevance, relevancy |
| resilient | elastic; having the power of springing back; able to recover quickly (as from misfortune) |
| sustain | suffer (harm or loss); experience; support; prop; maintain; keep in existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex. sustain the family/the trapped miners |
| stint | supply; allotted amount of work; assigned portion of work; limitation; Ex. two-year stint in the army; Ex. without stint |
| indict | charge; N. indictment |
| curtail | shorten; reduce |
| felicitous | (of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen |
| proscenium | part of stage in front of curtain; front arch of a stage |
| bromide | platitude; chemical compound used to calm excitement |
