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 |
|---|---|
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| exhume | disinter |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |