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 |
|---|---|
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |