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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| 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) |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |