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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| dally | to act playfully |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |