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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| abnegation | denial |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |