GRE Word List
TIRADE
a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language
The meaning of the word tirade is a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| purse | a small bag for money |