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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WordMeaning
anathemasomeone or something intensely disliked or loathed
egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
remittancea sum of money remitted
rendezvousa place appointed for assembling or meeting
seepto flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze
riddlea mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
remunerativeserving to remunerate
exorbitantnot coming within the scope of the law
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words