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 |
|---|---|
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |