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 |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |