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