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 |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| render | to melt down |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |