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 |
|---|---|
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |