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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pana usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking)
unanimitythe quality or state of being unanimous
entitybeing
revertto come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)
parryto ward off a weapon or blow
annealto heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle
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sycophanta servile self-seeking flatterer
malleablecapable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers
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