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.

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vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
absolveto set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt
contrabandillegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
arrearsthe state of being behind in the discharge of obligations
blunderto move unsteadily or confusedly
parcheddeprived of natural moisture
supinelying on the back or with the face upward
dissolutionthe act or process of dissolving: such as
decantto draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
incontrovertiblenot open to question : indisputable