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 |
|---|---|
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| thespian | actor |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |