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 |
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| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |