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 |
|---|---|
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| trenchant | keen |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| regime | regimen |
| dissension | disagreement |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |