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 |
|---|---|
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| garnish | decorate |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| progeny | descendants |