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 |
|---|---|
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |