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 |
|---|---|
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| kismet | fate |
| consort | associate |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |