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.

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WordMeaning
shama trick that deludes : hoax
consonanceharmony or agreement among components
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
sensuousof or relating to the senses or sensible objects
clipencompass
miteany of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
bogusnot genuine : counterfeit
retaliateto return like for like
equivocalsubject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse