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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WordMeaning
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
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quirkan abrupt twist or curve
concentrichaving a common center
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reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
debilitateto impair the strength of : enfeeble
fronda large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
beleaguerbesiege