GRE Word List

ANTICLIMAX

the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea

The meaning of the word anticlimax is the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea.

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WordMeaning
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horticulturalthe science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants
desperadoa bold or violent criminal
stultifyto have a dulling or inhibiting effect on
inhibitedto prohibit from doing something
presumeto undertake without leave or clear justification : dare
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part