GRE Word List
UPRIGHT
perpendicular
The meaning of the word upright is perpendicular.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| commune | talk over |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |