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 |
|---|---|
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |