GRE Word List
ULTIMATE
last in a progression or series : final
The meaning of the word ultimate is last in a progression or series : final.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |