GRE Word List
CLAUSTROPHOBIA
abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces
The meaning of the word claustrophobia is abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |