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 |
|---|---|
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| pending | during |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |