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 |
|---|---|
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |