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 |
|---|---|
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| haggard | not tamed |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |