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 |
|---|---|
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |