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
upshotthe final result : outcome
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
leave-takingdeparture
outskirtsa part remote from the center : border
graduateto receive an academic degree or diploma
obstreperousmarked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
concedeto acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly
throttleto compress the throat of : choke
triflesomething of little value, substance, or importance