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 |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| submerge | to put under water |
| doddering | feeble |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |