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 |
|---|---|
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |