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 |
|---|---|
| outmoded | not being in style |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |