GRE Word List
BERATE
to scold or condemn vehemently and at length
The meaning of the word berate is to scold or condemn vehemently and at length.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |