GRE Word List
ULTERIOR
going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper
The meaning of the word ulterior is going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |