GRE Word List
HARANGUE
a speech addressed to a public assembly
The meaning of the word harangue is a speech addressed to a public assembly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| unkempt | not combed |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |