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 |
|---|---|
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
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| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
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