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 |
|---|---|
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |