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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WordMeaning
superimposeto place or lay over or above something
kindleto start (a fire) burning : light
commemorateto call to remembrance
inquisitorone who inquires or makes inquisition
torpedoa weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as
fallaciousembodying a fallacy
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
gratuitousnot called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted
throttleto compress the throat of : choke
punditpandit