GRE Word List
UPBRAID
to criticize severely : find fault with
The meaning of the word upbraid is to criticize severely : find fault with.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |