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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |