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 |
|---|---|
| dynamo | generator |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| scotch | scottish |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
