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 |
|---|---|
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| wanton | merciless |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| crass | gross |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |