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 |
|---|---|
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
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