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 |
|---|---|
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |