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 |
|---|---|
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| impinge | encroach |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |