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 |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |