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 |
|---|---|
| exegesis | exposition |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| scion | descendant |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| fulcrum | prop |