GRE Word List
UPRIGHT
perpendicular
The meaning of the word upright is perpendicular.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |