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 |
|---|---|
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| warranted | sanction |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |