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 |
|---|---|
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |