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 |
|---|---|
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| nib | bill |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| raiment | clothing |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |