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 |
|---|---|
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |