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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |