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 |
|---|---|
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| paramour | lover |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| occident | west |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |