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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| convoluted | having convolutions |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| pilfer | steal |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |