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 |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| paramour | lover |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |