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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coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
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stupefyto make stupid, groggy, or insensible
manipulateto treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
gazettenewspaper
talismanan object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune
snivelto run at the nose
captionthe part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
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