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 |
|---|---|
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |