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 |
|---|---|
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |