GRE Word List
ULTIMATUM
a final proposition, condition, or demand
The meaning of the word ultimatum is a final proposition, condition, or demand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| encompass | include |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |