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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stench | stink |
| vertebrate | any 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 |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |