Word List 48 Ulterior - Vehement
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| Ulterior | adj. situated beyond; unstated and often questionable | ||||
| Ultimate | adj. final; not susceptible to further analysis | ||||
| Ultimatum | n. last demand; warning | ||||
| Umbrage | n. resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult | ||||
| Unaccountable | adj. inexplicable; unreasonable or mysterious | ||||
| Unanimity | n. complete agreement | ||||
| Unassailable | adj. not subject to question; not open to attack | ||||
| Unassuaged | adj. unsatisfied; not soothed | ||||
| Unassuming | adj. modest | ||||
| Unbridled | adj. violent | ||||
| Uncanny | adj. strange; mysterious | ||||
| Unconscionable | adj. unscrupulous; excessive | ||||
| Uncouth | adj. outlandish; clumsy; boorish | ||||
| Unction | n. the act of anointing with oil | ||||
| Unctuous | adj. oily; bland; insincerely suave | ||||
| Underlying | adj. fundamental; lying below | ||||
| Undermine | v. weaken; sap | ||||
| Underscore | v. emphasize | ||||
| Undulating | adj. moving with a wavelike motion | ||||
| Unearth | v. dig up | ||||
| Unearthly | adj. not earthly; weird | ||||
| Unequivocal | adj. plain; obvious | ||||
| Unerringly | adv. infallibly | ||||
| Unexceptionable | adj. not offering any basis for criticism; entirely acceptable | ||||
| Unfaltering | adj. steadfast | ||||
| Unfeigned | adj. genuine; real | ||||
| Unfettered | adj. liberated; freed from chains | ||||
| Unfledged | adj. immature | ||||
| Unfrock | v. to strip a priest or minister of church authority | ||||
| Ungainly | adj. awkward; clumsy; unwieldy | ||||
| Unguent | n. ointment | ||||
| Uniformity | n. sameness; monotony | ||||
| Unilateral | adj. one-sided | ||||
| Unimpeachable | adj. blameless and exemplary | ||||
| Uninhibited | adj. unrepressed | ||||
| Unintimidating | adj. unfrightening | ||||
| Unique | adj. without an equal; single in kind | ||||
| Unison | n. unity of pitch; complete accord | ||||
| Universal | adj. characterizing or affecting all; present everywhere | ||||
| Unkempt | adj. disheveled; uncared for in appearance | ||||
| Unmitigated | adj. unrelieved or immoderate; absolute | ||||
| Unobtrusive | adj. inconspicuous; not blatant | ||||
| Unpalatable | adj. distasteful; disagreeable | ||||
| Unprecedented | adj. novel; unparalleled | ||||
| Unprepossessing | adj. unattractive | ||||
| Unravel | v. disentangle; solve | ||||
| Unrequited | adj. not reciprocated | ||||
| Unruly | adj. disobedient; lawless | ||||
| Unsavory | adj. distasteful; morally offensive | ||||
| Unscathed | adj. unharmed | ||||
| Unseemly | adj. unbecoming; indecent; in poor taste | ||||
| Unsightly | adj. ugly | ||||
| Unsullied | adj. untarnished | ||||
| Untenable | adj. indefensible; not able to be maintained | ||||
| Untoward | adj. unfortunate or unlucky; adverse; unexpected | ||||
| Untrammeled | adj. without limits or restrictions; unrestrained | ||||
| Unwarranted | adj. unjustified; groundless; undeserved | ||||
| Unwieldy | adj. awkward; cumbersome; unmanageable | ||||
| Unwitting | adj. unintentional; not knowing | ||||
| Unwonted | adj. unaccustomed | ||||
| Upbraid | v. severely scold; reprimand | ||||
| Uproarious | adj. marked by commotion; extremely funny; very noisy | ||||
| Upshot | n. outcome | ||||
| Urbane | adj. suave; refined; elegant | ||||
| Urchin | n. mischievous child (usually a boy) | ||||
| Ursine | adj. bearlike; pertaining to a bear | ||||
| Usurp | v. seize another’s power or rank | ||||
| Usury | n. lending money at illegal rates of interest | ||||
| Utopia | n. ideal place, state, or society | ||||
| Uxorious | adj. excessively devoted to one’s wife | ||||
| Vacillate | v. waver; fluctuate | ||||
| Vacuous | adj. empty; lacking in ideas; stupid | ||||
| Vagabond | n. wanderer; tramp | ||||
| Vagary | n. caprice; whim | ||||
| Vagrant | adj. stray; random | ||||
| Vagrant | n. homeless wanderer | ||||
| Vainglorious | adj. boastful; excessively conceited | ||||
| Valedictory | adj. pertaining to farewell | ||||
| Valid | adj. logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable | ||||
| Validate | v. confirm; ratify | ||||
| Valor | n. bravery | ||||
| Vampire | n. ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living | ||||
| Vanguard | n. forerunners; advance forces | ||||
| Vantage | n. position giving an advantage | ||||
| Vapid | adj. dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless | ||||
| Vaporize | v. turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.) | ||||
| Variegated | adj. many-colored | ||||
| Vassal | n. in feudalism, one who held land of a superior lord | ||||
| Vaunted | adj. boasted; bragged; highly publicized | ||||
| Veer | v. change in direction | ||||
| Vegetate | v. live in a monotonous way | ||||
| Vehement | adj. forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor |
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Created by:
fiutobot
on 2008-09-04