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 |
|---|---|
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| comestible | edible |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| rider | one that rides |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |