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 |
|---|---|
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| clip | encompass |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| harass | exhaust |
| courier | messenger |