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 |
|---|---|
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |