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 |
|---|---|
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |