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 |
|---|---|
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| swill | wash |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| colloquy | conversation |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| outlook | a place offering a view |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| oligarchy | government by the few |