GRE Word List
UPBRAID
to criticize severely : find fault with
The meaning of the word upbraid is to criticize severely : find fault with.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| flounder | flatfish |
| passe | past one's prime |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |