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 |
|---|---|
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| fell | skin |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
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| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |