GRE Word List
TIRADE
a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language
The meaning of the word tirade is a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language.
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| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
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| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
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| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |